Matejo Blit, curator of a museum where his greatest find, the Unbound Prism, is on display, is a man haunted by his past, his mistakes. For years, he has wondered what the meaning of the strange prism is, until he meets a strange man under a lampshade hat, who seems to know more about Matejo than Matejo himself. Thus begins a realization that the things we fear are closer than we thought.